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Interview with Flavio Briatore

He's flamboyant, he's outrageous; he's funny and infuriating. He can even be ridiculous. But Flavio Briatore is no slouch: after seeing Michael Schumacher to two world championships at Benetton and emulating the feat with Fernando Alonso at Renault, Briatore is fired up for his new challenge - to retain his team's double crown with a changed line-up and a remarkably different-looking car

Jonathan Noble Jan 24, 2007, 1:19 PM

Renault boss Flavio Briatore has won plenty on track - and has a growing number of admirers off it. His ruthless determination to succeed has never come at the expense of his personality - and Formula One is so much better off for him remaining at the helm of the French team.

The Italian faces different challenges this year, though, with Fernando Alonso gone from the team and Heikki Kovalainen having been brought in. It is going to be a tall order repeating the successes of the past two seasons, but Briatore is up for it.

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Author Jonathan Noble

Jonathan Noble is Motorsport.com’s Formula 1 editor. Having graduated from University of Sussex Jonathan worked for sports news agency Collings Sports reporting on F1, F3, touring cars and other sports, with articles appearing in The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Reuters, Autosport and other publications. In 1999 he moved to Haymarket Publishing to become a senior editor at Autosport Special Projects, and one year later he became Autosport’s grand prix editor. In 2015 he moved to Motorsport Network, becoming the F1 editor for Motorsport.com. He is also a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers, and sits on the FIA Media Council.